Skin cells Has Great Potential to Save the Liver
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Latest research results from scientists has given hope to the presence of liver disorders treatment using only the skin cells. In laboratory experiments, the researchers were able to convert skin cells into heart cells, a breakthrough that could remove the need of organ transplants in the future.
Research conducted using animal mice at the Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences have successfully created a major cell type called hepatocyte liver cells of the skin. From the research reports published in the journal “Nature” was mentioned, “When transplanted into mice with liver injury, cells similar to liver and hepatocyte meet restore organ function.”
A liver expert from Australia, Professor Geoff McCaughen said that while stem cell technology ever managed to achieve that transition, but the results of these experiments have shown a similar technique successfully in the skin cells for the first time. Cells are not fully functioning as normal liver cells but the cells are 50 percent would be more useful.
Liver create various types of proteins, producing anti-blood clotting function, digest glucose, eliminate toxins and maintain blood sugar levels and energy. The challenge then is how the researchers tested the function of cells that “re-programmed” in these mice to determine whether that will cause liver failure.
